For the Love of Baseball
A Celebration of the Game That Connects Us All
Stefan Fatsis sends his stunningly perfect, consummately perfect, why-would-anyone-use-anything-else? perfect glove to be restored by the glove designer at Rawlings. Frank Deford makes the case that the baseball cap may be the most universal article of clothing ever designed. Roger Angell considers why it is that pitchers are so much livelier and more garrulous than hitters. George Plimpton reflects on the slow demotion of aging or slumping players from pitcher to first base, to the outfield. United by the authors' fervent love of the game, each chapter in this book reminds us of the unique role baseball plays in our national history and col…
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Weitere Autoren: Blauner, Andrew (Hrsg.) / Berra, Yogi (Vorb.)
- ISBN: 978-1-62914-247-0
- EAN: 9781629142470
- Produktnummer: 15329382
- Verlag: Simon & Schuster N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.5 cm 411 g
- Abbildungen: s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 411
Über den Autor
Lee Gutkind, recognized by Vanity Fair as the Godfather behind creative nonfiction,” is the author or editor of more than thirty books and founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, the first and largest literary magazine to publish narrative nonfiction exclusively. He is Distinguished Writer in Residence in the Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes at Arizona State University and a professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication.Andrew Blauner is the founder of Blauner Books Literary Agency and a member of PEN, the National Book Critics Circle, and SABR. He is editor of Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference, Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry, Central Park: An Anthology, and Our Boston: Writers Celebrate the City They Love.Yogi Berra is one of the greatest and most enduring legends in American sports.
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